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University offers course on Lady Gaga

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The University of South Carolina will offer a course next semester called Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame. The professor, Mathieu Deflem, says enrollment is limited to 50 students but next fall he will open it up to 120. The course description reads as follows: “The central objective of this course, then, is to [...]

Head teacher swallows live tarantula in student assembly

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Aydin Onac, a head teacher at the founded-in-1571 St Olave’s school took an unconventional approach to leading students by example. Pupils were shocked when he swallowed a poisonous tarantula in front of a student assembly. Onac ate the spider in hopes of raising money for a new sports and drama complex at the school. Onac reportedly [...]

Fired man fires back, burns bosses car

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A Silverton, Oregon man, Stewart Cooper, learned he was about to be fired and decided to take action. He poured gasoline on his bosses Ford Thunderbird and lit it on fire. The Thunderbird, as well as a nearby fence, were completely destroyed. Cooper has been charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless burning. Source